Our troops have "defected" to the Rebel Alliance and now the Rebels want to evaluate our skills to find out if we're really as good as we say we are.
They figure our "pasteboard boxes" (they mean our TIE Interceptors) won't last long out there, so we better learn how to handle some Rebel fighters, too.
(NOTE: This mission must be played as the Rebels - open in the Rebel menu)

Pirates have attacked a local platform. The platform's defences have repelled the attack, but they cannot pursue to stop the pirates. We've been sent ahead to take on the pirates because the ship could not make it, due to mechanical failure. We need to stop the pirates from escaping.

Apparently the Rebellion was not terribly honest with us about what it is that is going on with the "Scientists", who turned out not be scientists at all. Apparently additional expertise is needed, so we are meeting up with Kyp Durron, of Sun Crusher Incident fame.
Someone of his profile is bound to attract attention, of the kind we do not want...

It looks like the attack of the VSD Adamant was sufficient to slow us down, enough that we were ambushed by a serious Imperial Battlegroup! Fortunately for us, they didn't slow us down as much as they wanted to, and the Interdictor is a bit too close for the Imperials' comfort! We will only have one shot at escaping, and this is it!

Armed with all the information and tools we need for the great Force experiment, we are going to insert Kyp Durron on a public space station and see if this will actually work. Everything seems like it is authentic, so we are going ahead with it.
Cover the Shuttle, and inspect all craft in the area. Report anything unusual.

This Force thing hasn't worked out in the slightest, and we now suspect the source has been misleading us, intentionally. Before New Republic central command finds out of our failure, we are going to go straight to the source and try to get some answers.
Renzen has recently informed us that in fact the source the Rebels have is a member of Imperial Intelligence held prisoner, known only as Kardock.
His rank within the organization is not known, but he is surely a valuable asset and must be rescued!

Obsidian squadron arrives to a less than friendly welcome home from the Imperial Forces. We are nonetheless able to convince them of who we are, and Kardock transmitting from the shuttle definitely helped in that respect. The Pike is no doubt following us, so we've gotten the Chimaera to deploy its fighters and prepare for the attack...